Academic Year

This program offers courses at all French language levels. Students may focus on French language as well as culture and civilization topics including art, theater, literature, communications, history, and culture. The majority of courses are taught in French, with select culture and civilization courses taught in English. Culture and civilization courses in French are only available to students at the High Beginning (A2-1) level and above. Classmates are international and American students, and courses are taught by host university faculty. The majority of students taking courses in English will be North American.

All students must take a two part French language placement exam, one portion before departure for the program and the other upon arrival in Paris. The exam will indicate each student?s language proficiency level, and will determine the courses in which the student is eligible to enroll.

Students who place into the True Beginning (A1-1), Beginning (A1-2), High Beginning (A2-1) or Low Intermediate (A2-2) levels are required to take a French language course.

Students who place into the True Beginning (A1-1) or Beginning (A1-2) levels will take 144, 180 or 216 contact hours of French language. If taking 144 or 180 contact hours of French language, they can then take one class in English.

Students who place into the High Beginning (A2-1) or Low Intermediate (A2-2) levels will take 108, 144 or 180 contact hours of French language. Depending on the number of hours of French language taken, they can then take up to three French culture and civilization courses or two English courses.

Please use the following only as a guideline to determine what each student's language level may be. Each semester/quarter is of COLLEGE-LEVEL French or the equivalent of: